Save Tigers !!

Thanks to my college girls who drew this picture !!






This is how our national animals are respected in our country!!






SAVE OUR TIGERS

Tiger is the national animal of India and as we all are aware it is one of the most powerful and ferocious species on earth, it is an endangered animal right now. In India, a recent survey shows there are only 1411 tigers left alive. Well, wasn't India supposedly home for thousands and thousands of tigers once upon a time? What happened? Many died their natural death, many were put up in zoos, thereby couldn't reproduce, grew old and died, and many were hunted down over the years.
India has a very rich culture and history of surviving lots of rulers, emperors, battles and conquests... Among all the various emperors and kings who ruled India and parts of India over centuries, there were very few things in common, one being the passion for Hunting. It was considered a show of strength and stature. Only a King who could hunt lions and tigers was considered brave and strong enough to rule the states. In this show of non-sensible false pride, who suffered? Animals and men alike.
When these kings went out to hunt, they never went alone, they were accompanied by many other fellow noble men and servants, often during the hunting these servants got badly injured and some even lost their lives while trying to carry out their duty of serving and saving the king. As for animals well they had to die anyway by the hands of these beastly emperors who had no sense of compassion for animals and other living beings.
Hunting of animals and killing them for any sort of personal gain is now banned in India, but still many rich and famous people manage to bribe the people and hunting continues. A few years ago a case of rare black deer hunting came into limelight because a top film actor was involved, there were lot of protests by activists all over the country, the court case went on for years together and the actor was sentenced punishment. But did that bring in any difference? No! These wild animals are still being hunted, they are still being killed.
Now that this recent survey with alarming figures of only 1411 tigers being alive in India has come out in open, every news channel, every big brand literally everybody possible is making a lot of noise, protesting to save the tigers. All that is very good, but the question still remains, is anyone doing anything at all? Is the government taking measures to ensure that no tiger will be mercilessly killed now on?